Then there’s that much-touted reunion of some of The Pussycat Dolls.  Due to sluggish ticket sales and very little buzz, the North American tour has been cancelled.  People in the industry expressed shock – not that the reunion was called off, but that it was announced in the first place.  “It was never a good idea because there was very little interest,” said one insider.  While the tour will still continue in the UK and Europe, where someone like Miss Sheena Easton can still pack a stadium (or at least a county fair), The Dolls will do one stateside date – the OutLoud Music Festival in West Hollywood.  Why?  We’re told they needed a place close to home to run the show…kinda like a dress rehearsal.  OutLoud paid a large lump sum for them to perform in their backyard.

Buyers of Liza Minnelli’s memoir are OUTRAGED!  They are shocked to learn that after paying upwards of $250 for an autographed copy of the book, it turns out Liza didn’t sign them at all.  It was the work of an autopen!  One autograph collector (who snagged a “signed” copy for $25) shrugged, saying, “When you see footage of Liza today in her own documentary, she is far too frail to have signed a handful of books, let alone hundreds!”  While people are outraged that she didn’t sign her book, very few seem to have a problem that she didn’t write it!

Have you been watching Boy Band Confidential on ID?  It’s Joey Fatone’s version of Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam which Netflix produced back in 2024.  It covers all the stuff that people like yours truly reported during Lou Pearlman’s heyday – except nobody believed me.  Joey’s not really breaking any new ground.  It’s mostly the same stories told by the same people.  What is shocking is how terrible most of the guys look.  Since many of them are my pals, I’m not going to name names.  But the makeup and lighting do nobody any favors – with the exception of Fatone, actually.  Should any of you be stepping in front of the camera, let me give you two tips.  Number one – double-digit body fat makes you look healthy (and smooths some of those skin issues).  Number two, for the love of God, don’t tan within 4 days of filming unless you want to look like you’ve just had an acid peel!

Margaret Cho made a revelation that proves nobody is immune to being out of work.  She’s concerned that due to her outspoken comments about the current administration, getting back into the country from being abroad could pose some problems.  I can allay those fears – Rosie O’Donnell has come and gone a handful of times without issue.  If she could do it, Cho should be fine.  Cho shared this story with Matteo Lane and Nick Smith on their podcast, “I Never Liked You”:  “Last year, I got a pilot script for a show that I really loved, but it shot in Canada, and I was so scared because I’m so vocal about hating ICE and hating this administration…I was like, I will get detained at the border and I will be put in ICE detention if I go, and I was struggling over it.  I had to talk to all these people about it and I was super upset, and I said ‘no’.”  And what was the project?  “It was Heated Rivalry”.  The role?  Shane Hollander’s mom!